Reply #54: So did the Phillies [View All]

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They won the National League Championship on the basis of the third highest payroll in the NL, going out and getting guys like Cliff Lee, holding on to guys like Howard with huge three year contracts (for which Howard just barely avoided the biggest choke in modern WS history, though he did manage to break the strike out record!), going out and getting Ibanez from the Mariners for a $30 million 3 year contract, and let's not forget Utley's 7 year $85 million contract extension. Phillies bought their team, too, but most people are too hypocritical to mention that.